Saturday, May 7, 2016, 8:44 am — Teeny Tuxedo to Perkins … “Bette, Bette, Bette … Bette Davis books, Bette Davis movies … you’re no fun … just sitting there, obsessed with Bette Davis … Snap outta it! …”
“Time to walk away … some battles can never be won …”
Monday, March 21, 2016, 7:10 am — Teeny Tuxedo is very polite … she waited for Perk to finish eating, then sashayed over to finish what was left in the dish … Neither one was interested in reading the Bette Davis book, conveniently located in their dining area …
6:32 pm … Second day of Perkins on antibiotic and pain med … Special dinner in bed … Wellness kibbles, soaked in hot water … Munch, munch, munch …
Sunday, February 21, 2016, 11:01 pm — Perkins was spending a peaceful Sunday evening … lounging on top of the scratching post … playing with the rainbow toy …
… when she heard a subdued gasp behind her … Dick Cavett!!! … Still on tv after all these years …
Cavett: “I was afraid she’d drop the toy … and she did … Can we take a moment …”
Perkins: “I’ve got it back now … What do you think?” … Cavett: “I have my doubts …”
Perkins: “How do you like my ballet pose?” … Cavett: “I feel you’re trying to circumvent the issue …”
Perkins: “Well, Mr. Cavett … this is all I have to say to YOU … Good NIGHT!” …
Below, The Dick Cavett Show – intro, 1979 … briefly discusses his Katharine Hepburn interviews (1973) … always enjoyed his show … and Kate …
Sunday, January 10, 2016, 6:14 am — There’s no pleasing Perkins … not even Judy Garland can entice her to perk up … (The Judy Garland Show, 1963-1964 … now on GetTV)
Monday, March 30, 2015, 2:25 pm — Perk can find her favorite sitting / sewing basket, wherever it is … even on an upside down table … moved for carpet cleaning …
What Broadway musical is Perk sitting in front of? … The 1946 Show Boat revival … Columbia Masterworks … five 12″ 78 RPM records … from eBay, late 1990s … my Jan Clayton collecting period …
Sunday, January 11, 2015, 4:41 pm — Perk was distressed by the ending of Wuthering Heights, 1939 … Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier walking into the afterlife together.
TCM host, Ben Mankiewicz, couldn’t cheer her up …
Neither could Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney …
Sunday, November 23, 2014, 5:20 pm — Whose looong cat shadow is this? … Taken Saturday, November 15, 2:08 pm …
It’s Teeny! … Holy Coincidences, Batman! … Exactly one year ago, November 23, 2013, I posted Teen’s shadow in the same location! … Kate and Cat Shadow … with the book, The Private World of Katharine Hepburn … Teen’s sitting on Grandma Ahola’s sewing basket on the coffee table in both …
Tuesday, November 11, 2014, 7:50 pm — Turned the heat on for the first time this fall … Teen remembered the prime location used last year … Grandma Ahola’s sewing basket on the coffee table … directly in front of the forced air vent. She was there the instant I turned it on … Cats love food, boxes and toasty warmth …
On screen, Eleanor Parker talking on the phone with John Garfield, Pride of the Marines, 1945 … Today is Veteran’s Day …
Thursday, November 21, 2013, 3:20 pm — Can you see the shadow of Teeny’s cat ears next to the book, The Private World of Katharine Hepburn?
Monday, November 4, 2013, 12:30 am — Perky meets antibiotic … Twice a day for 7 days.
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 3:50 am — One day later … She eats moistened dry food … No more cat pain med! … Below, sitting by her late-night reading, The Private World of Katharine Hepburn and Hollywood Hoofbeats.
Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo 